The New Atlas of Human Anatomy with CDROM [Hardcover]

Thomas O. McCracken (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: MetroBooks (NY) (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586630970
• ISBN-13: 978-1586630973
• Product Dimensions: 13 x 10 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice To Look At and Informative, May 7, 2002

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rzaster - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Atlas of Human Anatomy with CDROM (Hardcover)

"The New Atlas of Human Anatomy" is not an anatomy atlas that is similar to Netter's and Gray's. This is very visual and this gives nice, computerized anatomical charts. These charts are some of the most creative and beautiful charts that have been published. All of the charts that are in this book are three dimensional and they give you a feel as to what it is like if you could look at many different angles of each organ. To go along with the charts are informative essays on the functions of each organ or system that is in the book and there is important vocabulary highlighted in these essays. There is also a list of each minor part of the organ so you can find each part of the organ that you are looking at. This anatomical reference was put together by the Visible Human Project, a big project that had goals of doing what was presented in this book, three dimensional, computerized anatomy charts. This is a very nice medical book to add to any collection but this will not substitute big anatomy atlasses such as Gray's Anatomy. This is a very nice reference and keep-sake.

Happy Reading!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT for the serious anatomy/medical student, May 17, 2001

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S.G. (Indianapolis, Ind., USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Atlas of Human Anatomy with CDROM (Hardcover)

This book is NOT for the serious student of anatomy. If you are a medical student/anatomy major who is trying to learn the origins and insertions of the different muscle groups, or which nerves serve which muscle group, this book is not for you. If you are someone who has a passing interest in anatomy and/or you know your anatomy exam will consist of identifying and/or labeling structures on a piece of paper, this book is for you. The interactive CD disc allows you to rotate 3-D models of various structures and progressively "dissect" them with a mouse click, down to the blood supply or smallest bone. This book will be interesting as a reference guide if you have cause to explain or show different structures to lay-people, but other than that, it is not very useful.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful., February 13, 2003

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Brooks White (Little Rock, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Atlas of Human Anatomy with CDROM (Hardcover)

This book is an excellent reference tool for the layman who wants to know more about human anatomy. The illustrations are unsurpassed. I was astonished to see that it had such a low average customer rating, until I read the negative reviews. One is apparently from a "serious student of anatomy." I will confess ignorance as to whether it would suffice as a textbook for professional anatomy training; I just know that it greatly enhanced my lay understanding of how the human body is structured and how it works. The other negative reviews are from anti-circumcision activists who are apparently outraged that the depiction of the male penis in the book is that of a circumcised rather than an uncircumcised organ. Enough said.